Google adds ‘optional meeting attendees’ feature to Calendar

The list of things that enterprise calendaring systems (e.g. Microsoft Exchange) can do that Google Calendar can not do is getting shorter and shorter. Today, the Big G announced a new feature it is folding into its online Calendar implementation: optional meeting attendees. As Google explains:

Guests’ roles in meetings tend to vary as well. Some people have to be there to lead the meeting or help make decisions, whereas others are gathering information they may be able to digest just as well via the notes. Without knowing which attendees are crucial and which are optional, it can be difficult to know which meetings you really need to attend.

With a couple clicks, you can openly communicate the importance of a meeting for each attendee. Click on the “Make some attendees optional link” above the guest list and then toggle the role of each attendee by clicking the icon next to his or her name.

The optional attendees feature should be rolling out to Google Calendar users shortly. Hit the read link to check out the official article.

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Firebretha

Ask your parents for a bump in your weekly allowance to buy you a new keyboard. ASAP.

JohnH

And how long until they update Google Sync to match?

http://twitter.com/j_nathaniel Jason

Will Android, and/other devices be compatible with this or will software updates be required?

Anonymous

Why should I have to click a link to enable the optional attendees? Why not just turn it on by default. It isn’t like it takes up screen real-estate. I guess I just don’t see the point of having to click a link first.